The state’s best and biggest rodeo! Over 15,000 people swell the town of Phillipsburg to five times its size for 3 days in August for hot rodeo action! See world champion rodeo cowboys and cowgirls duke it out with young gun contenders. Mutton busting, rodeo clowns, queens, bullfighters. Freebies for the fans – free barbecue for rodeo ticket holders on August 3; free dances to the Dirty Bourbon band following the rodeo on August 4-5. Parade through downtown Phillipsburg on August 5 at 2 pm. Tough Enough to Wear Pink night on August 3 – the rodeo will donate $1 for every person wearing pink to the rodeo that night– to breast cancer awareness and research. Tickets go on sale July 3 at Heritage Insurance, 785-543-2448, or at the gate. for more information: www.kansasbiggestrodeo.com or 785-543-2448